Pilferproof box



J. L. HOOD PILFER PROOF BOX Filed Oct. 17; 1923 Z'Sheets-Sheet 1 ww fwPatented Sept. 16, 1924.

.UNITED STATES PATENTTQFFEQEM' JOHN L. HOID,-OF PAWT'UCKET, RHODEISLAND;

PILFERPROOF BOX.

Application filed Octoberli', 1923; Serial No. 669,174.

to provide a novel box of this type wherein it is practically impossibleto remove one or more of the boards or strips or a wall of the box, toobtain access to the contents, without rendering it instantly apparentthat the box has been tampered with.

A further object of the invention is to provide a box of this type whichis of simple, economical and strong construction, and one wherein thefastenings, are securely held in position and practically protectedagainst removal except by breaking down the structure.

Still further and other objects will be later set forth and manifestedin the course of the following description. In the drawings:- Figure 1,is a perspective view of a box constructed in accordance with thepresent invention;

Figure 2 ure 1. v

Figure 3 is a section on line 83 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a section on line 4:& of Fig ure 1,

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the metal stripsemployed in con structing the box, and

Figure 6 is a like view of another of the metal strips.

In proceeding in accordance present invention, the box is preferablyconstructed of wood pieces or strips or wood boards to form the end andside walls, as well as the top and bottom of the box.

The end walls are formed of strips 1 is a section on line 2-2 ofFigwhich are of greater thickness than the re maining strips and areprovided with tongues 2, which latter may be formed by saw-cuts of kerfs3 on one side thereof, the kerfs being spaced from the outer side facesshown in Figure with the of the strips. The opposite sides of thetongues, formed by cutting away. the opposite sides of the strips,provide the shoulders 4, while the outer ends of the tongues are spacedinwardly fromtheouter ends of the strips. irons engage over the.tongneand have wide sides 6 engaging in the kerfs 3, intermediate walls7 engaged over the tongue ends and narrow sides 8, the latter engagingthe in- Substantially J -shaped angle ner side faces of the tonguesandbeing dis" posed at a relative considerable distance outwardly of theshoulders 4.

The side walls are composed of wood strips 9 the ends of which areprovided with saw-cuts or kerfslO to receive the flat metal strips 11,which latter" are located closer to the outer faces than to the innerfaces of the strips 9, I v [I The top wall is composed of wood strips12, the outer ends of which have saw-cuts or'kerfs to'rece-ive the fiatmetal strips 13,

while the bottom Wallis composed of wood strips 14: the ends of whichhave saw-cuts or kerfs to receive the flat metal strips 15.

The angular and flat strips are first se-' cured to the variouswallsofthe box. prei erably having atight frictional or driving fit intothekerfs'thereof so as to hold the various boards," of which i the wallsare nected to the end walls by driving headless screw nails 16 throughthe metal strips 11 and into the boards 1 constituting the end Walls,The upper and lower edgesof the side walls are nailed to liesubstantially flush with the shoulders 4,, as shown in Figure 2.

formed, in assembled" relation. 'Brads 2i? are employed to initiallyhold the angular strips in place The side walls are first con- The topand bottom are then nailed in posi tion by similar nails 17. driventhrough the fiat metal strips 13 and 15' thereof, as Similar nails 18'are then driven through the wide sides 6 of the angular metal stripsand. into the too and bottom walls, the nails as shown in Figure 2,extending beyond the narrow sides 8 of the angular strips.

As shown in Figure 2 of the drawings,

the top and bottom walls 12 and 145' seat on the shoulders at so thatshould the boards shrink, the shoulders will prevent access to the boxinterior.

The top andbottom walls are thus secured in position not only by thevertical nails at their sides, but also: by the horizontal nails "18 attheir ends. Similarly, the side Walls are secured by the vertical nails17 and the horizontal nails 16, while the end Walls are held in place bythe horizontal nails 16 and the horizontal nails 18,

As illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and t the nails are driven to have their}screw or roughened ends 16, 17 and 18 extend on the inner sides ofthemetal strips. It: will thus be: seen. that the metal strips protect thenails since they prevent access to the same to allow the removal-orextraction thereof.

Obviously, diffierent forms of headless nails may be used, for exampleones having roughened, instead of screw, peripheries.

litwi l'l thus be apparent that each of the nails isprotected by a metalstrip, the latter also holding the boards in position, presenting" astronggstruotnre which is practicallyproott against abstraction of itscontents Without sam ebein "v instantly obvious,

Having thus described my invention, What Ilelaiim as new and desire tosecureby Letters Patent is z' 1; In: a box v endscomposed oi boardshaving end tongues With kerfs on the outer sides of the tongues andshoulders adjacent to-the' inner sides thereof, J-shaped metal kerts;sides; a-topiand a-bottom each composed of boards having end keri slocated closer to: the outer than to the inner t'aees of the last namedboards, metal plates in the last named. kerfs, the sides beingan rangedto lie between andifiushwith: the respective shoulders ofthe ends, thetop and bottombeing-seated on. the shoulders and on the side edges ofthe sides, and headless rough-erred tasten'ings driven throughthe Wideside's: ofthe: J-shapedplates and into the ends of the topand bottom,through the top and bottom and into the sides and through the sides intothe ends; allot the fasten-ings having their roughened parts extendingon the inner sides of the respective metalplates. s

In a pilter-proei box, ends having top and bottom shoulders, angle ironsembedded in the end edges Oifijtl'lfi ends, a top and a bottom seatedonthe respective shoulders,

bottom, and headless roughened. fastenings driven through. the Walls toconnect same and having their roughened partsdisposed on the inner facesof the respeetive strips.

3. In a box, ends having top and bottom tongues With lrerfs on the outersides of the tongues and shoulders adjacent to the inner sidesthereof,J-shaped metal plates engaged over the tongues and in the kerfs, a topand a bottom seated on the shoulders, sides engaged with the ends andtop and bottom, and headless fasteners driven through the Wide sides ofthe J-shaped plates and into thehends of the top and bottom;

4. In .a'box', ends having d-shaped metal platesyembedded in the top andbottom edges thereof, top and a bottom having metal plates embedded inthe sideedge's thereof, sides having metal plates embedded in the endedges thereof, headlessfasteners driven through the" Wide sides of theJ-shaped' plates and intothe ends ofth-e top and bettem, and headlessfasteners-driven-through the second named metal plates of the sides,

top and bottom to connect the sid-es to the ends'and the top and bottomto the sides.-

respective shoulders, metal plates embedded in theside edges of the topand bottom, sides engaged with the ends and disposed between the top andbottom, metal plates embedded in the endsof the sides, headlessfasteners plates of the ends and into the ends of the top and bottom,headless fasteners extending through the metal plates of. the sides andinto the ends, and headless fasteners extending through the metalextending throu h the top bottom andg into the sides.

6. In abox, ends having Jshaped metal plates embe'dded in their top andbottom edges so as to be carried Wholly. by said ends, a top and abottom engaged with the ends, sides connected to the top and bottom andtothe ends, and headless'fasteners extending through the Wide sides ofhe \l-shaped metal sides of thesa-id plates and into the top and bottom.

In testimony whereof; I have; signediny name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses. H v p 1 JOHN L; HOOD.

Witnesses W. BARR-Y, J, A.- MILLER.

